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Auction #123 begins on 15 May 2025

Battiss (Walter)

THE ARTISTS OF THE ROCKS

Published: Red Fawn Press, Pretoria, 1948

Edition: Limited edition

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Limited edition: 249 + 1 page - a hand-drawn map, 15 tipped-in colour plates, tipped-in capitals in the Bushman style, many photographs and sketches of Bushman paintings, a very good copy in the dust jacket now preserved in a protector.

This edition is limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 264 signed by the author on the verso of the title page.

'Best Wishes for the year 49. GB' inscribed on the front free endpaper. Possibly from Battiss's wife Grace whom he married in 1940.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (290 x 230mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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